Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- dirt; disgrace
- bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror; sth that serves as a warning or a lesson; to examine; to scrutinize
- young
- to employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth; (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off; (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission; Taiwan pr. [ping4]
- 金沙 Jīn shā: 金沙 Jin1 sha1: see 金沙縣|金沙县[Jin1 sha1 Xian4]金沙 jīn shā: 金沙 jin1 sha1: gold dust; salted egg yolk sauce
- eight
- age; length of experience, membership etc
- (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
- to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- 陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- 芸 yún: 芸 yun2: common rue (Ruta graveolens); (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)芸 yún: 芸 yun2: used in 蕓薹|芸薹[yun2 tai2]
- maternal uncle
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- female; woman; daughter
- Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
- to lose; to miss; to fail
- to rely on; father (formal)
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- 克 Kè: 克 Ke4: abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia克 kè: 克 ke4: to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares克 kè: 克 ke4: to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain克 Kè: 克 Ke4: Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing
- already; since; both... (and...)
- elegant; refined; to be skilled at
- (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
- 仰 yǎng: 仰 yang3: to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on仰 Yǎng: 仰 Yang3: surname Yang
- to furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand)
- dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times); dried; withered
- 脯 fǔ: 脯 fu3: dried meat; preserved fruit脯 pú: 脯 pu2: chest; breast
- whole
- box; basket
- 挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- to learn to read; able to read; literate
- to embroider; embroidery
- leisure
- 渐 jiàn: 渐 jian4: gradual; gradually渐 jiān: 渐 jian1: to imbue
- to recite; to sing (of poetry)
- to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
- the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
- frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
- to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting